Pft, nothing wrong with watching anime. Even if some people think it's "lame", you shouldn't hide who you are. Don't care about what others think of you if they're just gonna bring you down haha. Anywho, I just got into college and met a couple friends who (don't even look like they would) watch anime. And not just the well-known ones. I love talking to them about it. (:

A lot of my other friends watch anime as well. Then again, most of my friends are asian so it's kind of a given. xD Sometimes we'd even watch anime together aha.

I have no one to hide it from but if it ever came up I would have no issue letting someone know I watch anime. It is just one of my interests and they don't have to share it or even like it. It makes no difference to me. I see no point in hiding who I am from anyone since I am not trying to be friends with anyone or make enemies out of anyone. I do my thing and everyone else does theirs as far as I am concerned.

i have like one friend at school that watches anime at home my mom ma dad and my siblings all watch anime . ppl hate on me cuz i watch anime but id give af . anime is awsome if ya dont like it act like it dsnt exist

i most certainly never advertise it. but my close friends know i like it. they dont have a clue about how much time i spend watching it. i also watch a lot of korean shows and even some chinese and Taiwanese stuff too. and listen to the music too. i really do try to keep the extent to which i enjoy asian culture to myself, but i dont try to hide the fact that its one my interests. i do, however, really wish i could share that part of myself with at least a few people in my life. there are so many shows and songs that i love, and i wish i had some one around with which to enjoy then. but then again this stuff is just one fraction of who i am, not all of who i am, so i guess its less that i keep it too myself as it is that i dont make a big deal about it.
i definately consider myself a 22 year old closet nerd. becausei love to game (especially rpg and mmorpg) and because movies and books like lord of the rings are my favorite. but on the outside people think im fun and cool... tis but a rouse!

(ps. maybe is because im a chick, but isnt gaming/being a gamer really frowned upon too in the states? i feel the need to down play my love of video games all the time too. its kinda like sports and shooter games are the only socially acceptable ones. or maybe its just me..)

My close friends know I watch but only a few know just how much t I watch (like that one day last weekend where I watched 26 episodes in 12 hours... I actually told two or three about that only because it was quite the feat and I set a personal record haha). Idt anyone knows that I watch almost every single day. I used to keep my mouth shut tight about it, but now I've mentioned it enough that my friends got used to it. Some of them will mention or bring up that I watch it and I've finally gotten used to the fact that its common knowledge that its an interest of mine.

I still don't feel inclined to tell people I just met, though. It's not that I'm ashamed of it, like the guy who started this thread pointed out it tends to be frowned on in America so I'd rather people get to know me and then find out my "weirder" interests.

I used to, I even tell the others in my Radio program at college. They usually just ignore it or make a note of it and move on. I know that most of them find J-pop to be terrible but they don't bother me about it and I hardly mention it. If it bothers you then don't worry about it, that will most likely past and by the time your my age you won't care about what others think.